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The EU, together with its partners, supports Ukraine with emergency assistance, both humanitarian aid and civil protection.

The EU is supporting the COVID-19 vaccination in Sierra Leone and Liberia, including the most isolated areas.

The Chaco is the westernmost department of Paraguay, a vast region almost the size of Greece and Portugal together.

Poverty, remoteness, insecurity, climate change and COVID-19 make the nutritional crises in the Sahel worse.

A warm gust of wind kicks up a cloud of sand as children play outside the flimsy makeshift dwellings that make up Dadaab, one of the world’s largest refugee camps.

“War is the most terrible thing in the world.” Polina, a 19-year-old student from Ukraine, left Ukraine on the first day of the Russian invasion.

Last year, torrential rains flooded the desert, wiping entire villages off the map. The downpours drowned livestock, devastated precious crops and 14 people lost their lives. A year later, the country faces a new challenging lean season. EU humanitarian aid is there to assist the most vulnerable.

With early heat waves across Southern Europe and major fires raging in Spain, the 2022 forest fires season is taking off with a jump start.

Feeling safe and being social are crucial for children in times of war. Kindergarten children in Slavutych, in northern Ukraine, will be safe in a bomb shelter that was restored and equipped by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

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Zuhur fled the war in Syria with her husband and baby son. Although Zuhur was grateful that her family had found safety in Turkey, she started feeling depressed and stressed, trying to cope with the changes she was going through.

With EU humanitarian funding, the IRC has been able to offer young girls in north-eastern Nigeria spaces where they can learn in a supportive and nurturing environment.

Bangladesh continues to be a safe haven for over 900,000 Rohingya refugees.

What are the main drivers of this global food insecurity? What countries are affected? And how is the EU helping?

In 2023, record levels of acute food insecurity persist due to protracted food crises and new shocks. In 48 countries, 238 million people are facing high levels of acute food insecurity – 10% more than in 2022.

Through its immediate response, the EU provides support to all countries affected by natural hazards and humanitarian emergencies.

Discovered in 1976 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ebola virus disease is today well known to Guinea, further West on the African continent.

On 14 August 2021, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit south-western Haiti, destroying many homes and damaging vital infrastructure.

Imagine leaving your home behind because the only option for your family is starvation.